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No, seriously. How do you bomb sand?
| balding native weed whacker | 04/13/24 |
| balding native weed whacker | 04/13/24 |
| balding native weed whacker | 04/13/24 |
| balding native weed whacker | 04/13/24 |
| balding native weed whacker | 10/01/24 |
| Jared Baumeister | 01/11/26 |
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Date: April 13th, 2024 5:44 PM Author: balding native weed whacker I don't see any other way than to turn it into glass, then shoot a bunker buster through it. It has to be solid before it can be penetrated. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5517231&forum_id=2#47580319) |
Date: April 13th, 2024 5:48 PM Author: balding native weed whacker Here we go!
The Pentagon has developed tactical nuclear weapons to reach the most heavily fortified and deeply buried bunkers. The idea is to marry a small nuclear bomb with a penetrating bomb casing to create a weapon that can penetrate deep into the ground and then explode with nuclear force. The B61-11, available since 1997, is the current state of the art in the area of nuclear bunker busters.
From a practical standpoint, the advantage of a small nuclear bomb is that it can pack so much explosive force into such a small space. (See How Nuclear Bombs Work for details.) The B61-11 can carry a nuclear charge with anywhere between a 1-kiloton (1,000 tons of TNT) and a 300-kiloton yield. For comparison, the bomb used on Hiroshima had a yield of approximately 15 kilotons. The shock wave from such an intense underground explosion would cause damage deep in the earth and would presumably destroy even the most well-fortified bunker.
https://science.howstuffworks.com/bunker-buster.htm
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Date: April 13th, 2024 5:50 PM Author: balding native weed whacker The B61 has been deployed by a variety of US military aircraft. US aircraft cleared for its use have included the B-1 Lancer, B-2 Spirit, B-52 Stratofortress, F/A-18 Hornet, A-6 Intruder, A-4 Skyhawk, F-111, F-15E Strike Eagle and F-16 Fighting Falcon and the F-35A. As part of NATO Nuclear Weapons Sharing, German and Italian Panavia Tornado aircraft can also carry B61s.[3] The B61 can fit inside the F-22 Raptor's weapons bays and will also be carried by the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II.[12]
B61 tactical variants are deployed with NATO allies in Europe as part of the NATO Nuclear Weapons Sharing Program.[13] About 150 bombs are stored at six bases: Kleine Brogel in Belgium, Büchel Air Base in Germany, Aviano and Ghedi Air Base in Italy, Volkel Air Base in the Netherlands and Incirlik in Turkey.[14] In 2012, NATO agreed to improve the capabilities of this force with the increased accuracy of the Mod 12 upgrade and the delivery of the F-35 aircraft.[15][16] This added a modest standoff capability to the B61.[17] The F-35A was certified to carry the B61-12 in October 2023, marking the first time a fifth generation fighter has been nuclear capable, and the first new platform in the NATO inventory to achieve such status since the early 1990s.[1 |
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Date: April 13th, 2024 5:51 PM Author: balding native weed whacker I was wondering why this just got tweeted. I didn't realize F-16s could carry this bomb.
https://x.com/USAviationTV/status/1779257628935254283 |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 11:36 PM Author: balding native weed whacker OP here. This is why Israel's nukes are useless against IRAN btw. They can only put them on ICBMs, and those are useless against sand. Iran has missile launchers parked in underground bunkers beneath kilometers of sand spread across a vast terrain of mountains and desert. None of them are located in Tehran (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5517231&forum_id=2#48153430) |
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Date: January 11th, 2026 9:14 PM Author: Jared Baumeister (mail@baumeisterlaw.com) OP here. Even with F-35s Israel has no good targets anymore. Iran already has enriched uranium and doesn't need to run centrifuges right now (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5517231&forum_id=2#49581974) |